Inspector General of Police pledges commitment of police to rescue all Nigerians currently in captivity of kidnappers.

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has given the assurance that the police would rescue all Nigerians currently in the captivity of kidnappers.

According to a statement by the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, the IG stated this at the Force Headquarters while reflecting on the effectiveness of the operations for the rescue of the 20 University of Maiduguri and Plateau State University medical students who were abducted in Benue while on their way for a conference in Enugu.

According to a report released on Tuesday by Statisense, a data collection organization, no fewer than 2,149 Nigerians were kidnapped across the country in 2023.

The geo-political distribution of reported kidnapping cases showed that the North-West recorded 759 kidnap cases, the North Central had 476 cases, the North-East had 408 cases, the South-South had 216 cases, the South-East had 191 cases, and the South-West had the fewest with 99 cases.

Adejobi said the IG promised to leave no stone unturned to fulfill his pledge to rescue the over 2,000 citizens held hostage across the country in 2023, as well as those kidnapped so far in 2024 and others abducted in previous years.

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